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Today's highly unusual day at the Supreme Court began with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's husband, Martin, calling him "a dear friend to everyone at the court."
In tribute to the last day on the bench for Justice John Paul Stevens, many people in the lawyer's section and the public area wore bow ties, his longtime neckwear of choice.
After a marathon that took more than an hour to announce the remaining four opinions and the long dissents, the chief justice told Stevens, "The Supreme Court convened for the first time in 1790. You have served on its bench for nearly one-sixth of its existence." His decision to retire, Roberts says, "saddens each of us in distinct ways."
Justice Stevens responded by saying that years ago, he would have addressed the court as "my brethren," but now does so as "my colleagues."
"If I have overstayed my welcome, it is because it is a unique and wonderful job."
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John Roberts is a Conservative Activist Judge
Funny how the Right will complain about Liberal Activist judges
The Cosnervatives are JUST AS BAD
It's WRONG to legislate from the Bench
The Court just threw out the conviction of Jeffrey Skilling of Enron Infamy..... They make it easy for RICH people to go free.... Is it any wonder that poor criminals get similar rights....... Overturning convictions and laws on Technicalities
Hang 'em High
No comment about the hand gun ban in chicago. look out mayor daley, soon average citizens will be able to defend there lives and property and not have to wait for the chicago police to respond.
In other news, U.S. has infinitely more firearm related homicides than Japan, 289 times the number of Great Britain, and 37 times the number of Canada and Australia.
Expect this number to start rising again as this law filters out into the greater society.
Mike i agree but in the last few weeks in chicago i have changed my view.
1. A off duty chicago policemen was killed during a attempted robbery, he did not have a chance, these 4 thugs came out shooting and killed him over his motorcycle, his father killed 1 (retired chicago policemen) if his father were not there they would have gotten away scott free.
2 An 80 year old korean war vet was being robbed in his home, he killed the armed intruder. due to the hand gun ban in chicago this vet was not suppose to have a gun, thank god he did
this to me, shows that untill we as a society can disarm the bad guys, good people should beable to defend them selves. if the thug know your can't own a hand gun they know no one will stop them or they will not think twice before breaking in to your home. if law abyding can arm them selves these two examples would not have happened.
Jeff,
Actually, my view on this might be surprising. I advocate adopting either one of two models... the Japanese model, which is a complete and total ban of firearms in the hands of anyone other than military or police personnel, (which probably isn't a surprise given my usual political leanings), or the Swiss model, which requires EVERY household to own a weapon and for every child in the society to participate in gun safety and gun responsibility classes, basically to regard everyone as part of the national militia and that owning the weapon is part of your service to the nation.
I think either model would decrease the careless way we as a people would view the use of firearms.
Good Post Mike, and i agree with either model, something in chicago has to change, i'm here in denver and they have a make my day law, daring any body to tresspass in ones home. it works.
chicago can't continue to ban hand guns when so many bad guys have them. the Swiss model, sounds the best, too many people out here don't know how to handle or shoot guns.